OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Dalrymple & Mofu (2009/10): Biak

Original citation: Dalrymple, Mary and Suriel Mofu. 2009-2010. Biak Toolbox dictionary database. URL: http://biak.clp.ox.ac.uk/
Notes on this source: This lexicon has been edited to reduce the large number of unadapted borrowings from Malay/Indonesian that were included. To see these, consult the original files.

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ababenababen

adv. ‘careful’

abrisabris

n. ‘grass’

abyababjab

n. ‘cave’

adoado

v. ‘descend’

adwaradwar

n. ‘poisonous plant’

afyakafjak

n. ‘pillow’

aiai

n. ‘wood’

aibeaibe

n. ‘coffin’

aimunaimun

n. ‘fire wood’

ainain

v. ‘feel disgusted’

ainkyonainkjon

n. ‘stick’

aipokmaipokm

n. ‘dead person’

airaresairares

n. ‘wood roots’

aiwanaiwan

n. ‘animal’

akak

adv. ‘also’

amberamber

adj. ‘foreign’

amkamk

v. ‘hold’

amnamn

n. ‘bamboo’

amomamom

v. ‘clear a garden’

amperamper

n. ‘palm branch’

amsamamsam

n. ‘thorns sea’

anan

v. ‘eat’

anananan

v. ‘eat continuously’

ananunananun

n. ‘message’

andirandir

prep. ‘beside’

andoiandoi

n. ‘seaweed’

anenfanenf

adj. ‘asleep’

anggaraŋɡar

v. ‘lie’

angginemaŋɡinem

n. ‘message’

angkankenaŋkanken

n. ‘moss’

ansanansan

n. ‘palm trunk floor’

anumanum

n. ‘wood’

apap

v. ‘say’

apenapen

n. ‘roast’

apusapus

n. ‘grand parent, grand child’

apyamapjam

n. ‘burning wood’

arar

v. ‘scream’

araara

Exclamation. ‘pity’

arekarek

v. ‘bite’

ariari

Exlamation. ‘please’

ariari

n. ‘sunday’

armakerarmaker

1. n. ‘scabies’

2. v. ‘have scabies’

arobaaroba

Exlamation. ‘No’

aronaron

v. ‘swim’

aroraror

n. ‘request’

arwoarwo

adv. ‘morning’

aryawinarjawin

n. ‘medicine’

aryesarjes

n. ‘fish net’

askiaski

n. ‘grace’

asuserasuser

n. ‘follow repeatedly’

auau

pron. ‘2SG’

awakawak

n. ‘orphan’

awasawas

v. ‘pass’

awerawer

adj. ‘deaf’

awerawer

NEG. ‘not’

awinawin

n. ‘mother’

awosawos

v. ‘speak’

ay-aj-

pron. ‘1SG’

ayaaja

pron. ‘1SG’

ayanajan

v. ‘1SG POSS GIV’

ayarajar

n. ‘fence’

ayisajis

n. ‘grater’

ayunajun

v. ‘sail’

baba

conj. ‘because’

baba

v. ‘big’

baba

adv. ‘not’

babbab

n. ‘below’

babarbabar

adj. ‘scaby’

babarababara

n. ‘scabies’

babebabe

n. ‘matters having to do with’

baberibaberi

adv. ‘not at all’

babirbabir

v. ‘recognize’

babobabo

adj. ‘new’

baburbabur

n. ‘chase’

badirbadir

v. ‘reveal’

baibai

NEG. ‘not’

baimbaim

adv. ‘not yet’

bairbair

v. ‘watch’

bakbak

v. ‘open’

bakdibakdi

n. ‘pumpkin’

bakenbaken

n. ‘body’

baknbakn

n. ‘back part of the body’

balokbalok

n. ‘log’

bambam

n. ‘incline’

banban

n. ‘part’

banban

v. ‘wake some one up’

banyobaɲo

n. ‘in law’

barbar

v. ‘hold’

barbar

n. ‘part’

barakasbarakas

n. ‘blessing’

barapenbarapen

v. ‘roast’

barasbaras

n. ‘shout’

barborbarbor

v. ‘do bad things’

barburbarbur

n. ‘departure’

bardaibardai

v. ‘boast’

barkbark

v. ‘stay, lie’

baroserbaroser

n. ‘desire’

barsabarsa

DET. ‘last’

baryabarja

adv. ‘thus’

basbas

v. ‘open’

bausbaus

v. ‘build’

bebe

prep. ‘as’

bebe

1. v. ‘become’

2. v. ‘be, do’

3. v. ‘POSS’

4. v. ‘2SG POSS’

5. verbalizer. ‘verb marker’

bebe

v. ‘give’

bebe

prep. ‘to’

bebe

v. ‘want’

bebaraprapenbebaraprapen

v. ‘Rel roast-REDUP’

bebebebe

PASSIVE. ‘passive marker’

bedarbedar

v. ‘cause’

bedarbedar

n. ‘sibblings’

beibei

adj. ‘empty’

benben

n. ‘pig’

bepupesbepupes

v. ‘last’

beriberi

adv. ‘immediately’

beryoberjo

Quest. ‘where’

besebese

adv. ‘else’

besobeso

DEF. ‘several’

besyabeʃa

conj. ‘if’

besyabeʃa

adv. ‘such as that’

bidwombidwom

n. ‘top of a tree’

binbin

n. ‘woman’

binkwanbinkwan

v. ‘far’

binsarbinsar

n. ‘old woman’

bisbis

adj. ‘eternal’

biserbiser

v. ‘hungry’

bobo

n. ‘top, hill, part’

bobbob

v. ‘sell’

bokbok

v. ‘bless’

bokenboken

n. ‘bit’

boknbokn

adv. ‘too much’

bombom

n. ‘spear’

bonbon

n. ‘fruit, mountain’

bonsbons

n. ‘back part’

borbor

v. ‘confuse’

borbor

adv. ‘many’

borekborek

n. ‘thorn’

borsbors

v. ‘row a canoe’

bosbos

n. ‘band’

bosbos

adv. ‘deeply’

bosenbosen

n. ‘beach’

brabra

n. ‘hand’

braminbramin

n. ‘hand’

brampinbrampin

n. ‘finger’

brebre

v. ‘shout’

brinbrin

n. ‘calm’

brobro

v. ‘empty’

brubru

n. ‘head’

bukbuk

v. ‘give’

bukbuk

v. ‘marry’

bukorbukor

n. ‘head’

bunbun

n. ‘middle’

burbur

n. ‘fur’

burbur

v. ‘leave’

byawnbjawn

v. ‘take’

byebje

v. ‘good’

byorbjor

adj. ‘bald’

cocokcocok

v. ‘fit’

d-d-

pron. ‘3SG’

dada

adv. ‘perhaps’

dabndabn

v. ‘give birth to’

dameserdameser

v. ‘shine’

dardar

v. ‘3SG scream’

dardar

v. ‘perspire’

daresdares

n. ‘sun heat’

dawdiwrdawdiwr

v. ‘break into pieces’

dawerdawer

v. ‘left alone’

dawrdawr

v. ‘remain’

dererderer

adv. ‘only’

didi

adv. ‘num link’

didi

1. det. ‘the, place’

2. FOC. ‘focus marker’

disndisn

v. ‘sing’

disodiso

conj. ‘if’

dodo

prep. ‘at’

dodo

n. ‘inside’

dokordokor

n. ‘back part of the body’

dorekdorek

n. ‘day break’

doserdoser

n. ‘tractor’

dowdow

n. ‘song’

doyadoja

n. ‘song’

duberduber

n. ‘spring’

duniadunia

n. ‘earth’

durdur

n. ‘boiled water’

dwarekdwarek

v. ‘protect’

dworemdworem

v. ‘held tightly’

efaranderefarander

v. ‘forget’

efasisefasis

v. ‘quiet’

ekek

v. ‘climb, board, ride’

emeremer

v. ‘alone’

enfenf

v. ‘sleep’

enoeno

pron. ‘some’

epenepen

adv. ‘hold something by’

erererer

v. ‘alone’

Erisamerisam

n. ‘song’

erkakerkak

v. ‘pull’

esoeso

num. ‘one’

ewew

n. ‘step’

eyuserejuser

n. ‘song’

f-f-

v. ‘cause’

f-f-

Motion.marker. ‘moving away’

fafa

DIR. ‘moving there’

fafa

prep. ‘to’

fafa

DIR. ‘towards there’

fadoresfadores

v. ‘pregnant’

fadumanfaduman

n. ‘pearl’

fadurufaduru

v. ‘take care of’

fadwerfadwer

v. ‘change, replace’

fafayafafaja

n. ‘awful lot’

fafayabafafajaba

adv. ‘unexpectedly’

fafayaffafajaf

v. ‘get fed up’

fafirkfafirk

v. ‘disturb’

fafisufafisu

n. ‘time’

fafkofafko

v. ‘complain’

faforfafor

v. ‘curse’

fairfair

v. ‘observe’

faisfais

adv. ‘quietly’

Fakfak

n. ‘Arfak man’

fakfak

v. ‘use something as a pillow’

fakakfakak

v. ‘frighten’

fakokfakok

n. ‘connecting stick to outrigger float’

fakufaku

v. ‘move carefuly, 2SG move carefuly’

famafama

conj. ‘but’

famafama

v. ‘give sth a try’

famfonfamfon

v. ‘support’

fanfan

v. ‘feed’

fanamfanam

adj. ‘near’

fananjurfananjur

adv. ‘collective’

fandufandu

n. ‘middle’

fandunfandun

v. ‘need’

fanjurfanjur

v. ‘gather’

farafara

v. ‘steer’

fararurfararur

n. ‘work’

fararwerfararwer

v. ‘keep changing in cycle’

farbubfarbub

v. ‘teach’

farbukfarbuk

n. ‘marriage’

faremfarem

v. ‘send’

farepenfarepen

v. ‘hold’

farfirfarfir

adv. ‘carefully’

farfyarfarfjar

n. ‘story’

farkinfarkin

v. ‘guide’

farkorfarkor

1. v. ‘study’

2. v. ‘teach’

farmafarma

adv. ‘around’

farmgufarmɡu

v. ‘row’

farofaro

prep. ‘for’

faryanfarjan

v. ‘collect’

faryasfarjas

v. ‘tell’

fasfas

v. ‘write’

fasasosfasasos

v. ‘prepare’

fasaufasau

adj. ‘quick’

fasausaufasausau

adv. ‘doing sth quickly continously’

fasnaifasnai

v. ‘show’

fasosfasos

v. ‘prepare’

fawarfawar

v. ‘tell a story’

fawawifawawi

n. ‘knowledge’

fawifawi

v. ‘know’

fefe

DIR. ‘landward’

fesfes

DIR. ‘downward’

fikfik

numeral. ‘seven’

fiorofioro

n. ‘long time’

fmarfmar

n. ‘genital’

fnaifnai

v. ‘cause’

fnakfnak

v. ‘play’

fnderfnder

v. ‘forget’

fnofno

n. ‘nephew’

fnobkfnobk

v. ‘accompany’

fofo

v. ‘full of’

forfor

v. ‘catch’

forfor

n. ‘fire’

frarfrar

v. ‘run’

frasfras

v. ‘swear’

fromfrom

v. ‘clean’

frousfrous

v. ‘tempt’

frowsfrows

v. ‘trick’

frurfrur

v. ‘do’

fuarfuar

n. ‘trunk’

fuknfukn

v. ‘ask’

fumofumo

DEF. ‘several’

furfur

v. ‘make, build’

fyaferfjafer

v. ‘arrive’

fyakfjak

v. ‘3SG use sth as a pillow’

fyakfjak

num. ‘four’

fyorfjor

n. ‘time’

fyorofjoro

adj. ‘long’

gerɡer

n. ‘little piece’

iberiber

v. ‘return’

idoido

Quest. ‘how’

ifenifen

n. ‘tuber’

ikakikak

n. ‘snake’

ikoiikoi

n. ‘arrow’

imbapeimbape

conj. ‘but’

imbareimbare

adv. ‘so’

imbeimbe

adv. ‘about to’

imbekpuimbekpu

n. ‘grandmother and grandchild’

imbesnaimbesna

n. ‘mother and child’

imbesrarimbesrar

n. ‘siblings of opposite sex’

imboimbo

adv. ‘then’

imboimbo

Exclamation. ‘yes’

imboiimboi

Conj. ‘but’

imbudeimbude

conj. ‘if not’

imfaimfa

adv. ‘so that’

inin

n. ‘fish’

inaina

n. ‘girl, daughter’

inaweninawen

n. ‘basket’

indeinde

adv. ‘so’

indiriindiri

adv. ‘therefore’

indoindo

imper. ‘okay’

indoindo

adv. ‘then’

-ine-ine

dem. ‘this’

ineminem

v. ‘drink’

infamainfama

conj. ‘however’

inggoiŋɡo

pron. ‘1PL EXCL’

injainja

Conj. ‘so’

ink-ink-

pron. ‘1PL EXCL’

inkoinko

pron. ‘1PL EXCL’

inmameninmamen

n. ‘snapper’

inoino

n. ‘knife’

inokeninoken

n. ‘basket’

insamainsama

conj. ‘so that’

insandeinsande

adv. ‘moment ago’

insapeinsape

adv. ‘then, after that’

insarinsar

n. ‘old woman’

insosinsos

n. ‘young girl’

irewairewa

DIR. ‘that over there landward’

iryairja

v. ‘be’

isis

v. ‘grate’

isofisof

conj. ‘until’

isyeiʃe

1. adv. ‘along’

2. v. ‘3SG move along’

iwaiwa

DEM. ‘that over there’

iyaija

DET. ‘one’

iyaija

DEM. ‘that’

iyaija

Exclamation. ‘Yes’

jaja

conj. ‘so’

jabekjabek

v. ‘tie’

japanjapan

n. ‘taro’

jeje

conj. ‘so’

jenderaljenderal

n. ‘general’

joujou

v. ‘praise’

jukjuk

n. ‘ukulele’

kk

pron. ‘1PL INCL’

kk

v. ‘give’

kabaskabas

v. ‘release, open’

kabasyakabaʃa

n. ‘name of canoe’

kabenkaben

v. ‘burn’

kabomkabom

n. ‘widow’

kaborkabor

conj. ‘if’

kaborkabor

v. ‘paddle’

kaboreskabores

n. ‘paddle’

kabrkabr

v. ‘return’

kabuikabui

n. ‘iron wood’

kadakada

conj. ‘if’

kaderenkaderen

n. ‘bench’

kadworkadwor

n. ‘leaf’

kaemkaem

n. ‘all’

kafkofnkafkofn

v. ‘mention.repeatedly.’

kainkain

v. ‘sit’

kakarkakar

n. ‘wodden stairs’

kakarakakara

v. ‘have opinion’

kakaskakas

v. ‘circle’

kakerkaker

adv. ‘still’

kakukaku

1. adv. ‘very’

2. adj. ‘real’

kamurkamur

n. ‘young’

kanaremkanarem

n. ‘water jug’

kandangkandaŋ

n. ‘stable’

kanderakandera

n. ‘sacrifices’

kandorkandor

v. ‘suprised’

kanggramkaŋɡram

n. ‘lot of’

kankainkankain

n. ‘have a meeting’

kankenemkankenem

n. ‘life’

kankuneskankunes

adv. ‘well’

kanoukanou

v. ‘move something up’

kanskans

v. ‘cry’

kaparkapar

v. ‘give birth’

kapaskapas

v. ‘drop’

kapirarekapirare

n. ‘child’

kapyafkapjaf

n. ‘midribs’

karkar

v. ‘cut’

karkar

v. ‘face’

karakara

v. ‘think’

karaukarau

v. ‘steal’

karauraukaraurau

n. ‘stealing’

karmkarm

v. ‘answer’

karuikarui

n. ‘rock’

karukkaruk

v. ‘cut’

kaskas

v. ‘swim’

kasumasakasumasa

Exclamation. ‘thank’

kasunkasun

adj. ‘little’

kawasakawasa

n. ‘people’

kawenkawen

n. ‘shrimp’

kawkuwkawkuw

v. ‘get dizzy’

kayamkajam

1. adv. ‘together’

2. v. ‘gather’

kbawskbaws

v. ‘arise’

kbokkbok

v. ‘get up’

kborkbor

1. adj. ‘adolescent’

2. n. ‘young man’

keke

conj. ‘or’

keke

Quest. ‘question marker’

kedwakedwa

n. ‘door’

kenken

adj. ‘little’

kenmkenm

v. ‘live’

kerker

prep. ‘from’

kerker

v. ‘grow’

kerker

1. adv. ‘in a moment’

2. adv. ‘continuously’

kerker

n. ‘little piece, part’

keretkeret

n. ‘clan’

kfinkfin

v. ‘lead’

kfokfo

v. ‘shoot with an arrow’

kiki

v. ‘slide’

kifkif

n. ‘skin’

kikrkikr

v. ‘shake’

kinkin

v. ‘hit’

kinakina

n. ‘family’

kirkir

v. ‘cause a hole’

kirkir

prep. ‘out of’

kmakma

n. ‘father’

knamknam

n. ‘tree’

knikknik

adv. ‘in a moment’

koko

pron. ‘1PL INCL’

kobkob

v. ‘hit’

kofnkofn

v. ‘say’

kokkok

v. ‘cut’

kopkop

n. ‘part’

korkor

n. ‘bone’

korkor

v. ‘count’

korkor

v. ‘cut’

korkor

n. ‘mangrove’

Koranokorano

n. ‘king’

korbenkorben

n. ‘dragon’

korerikoreri

n. ‘heaven’

koryaekorjae

v. ‘tease’

kparkpar

v. ‘hurled quickly through the air’

kpefkpef

v. ‘break’

kpukpu

n. ‘grandchild’

kpukpu

n. ‘grandparent’

krafkraf

adv. ‘fully’

krafkraf

n. ‘meat’

kramkram

v. ‘burry, keep’

krenkren

v. ‘move’

kriskris

n. ‘banyan tree’

kriwkkriwk

v. ‘valuable’

kuku

pron. ‘1DU EXCL’

kukkuk

v. ‘hit’

kukrkukr

conj. ‘because’

kunkun

v. ‘cook, roast, burn’

kunmkunm

v. ‘bow’

kurkur

v. ‘stab, reach, point’

kurkur

n. ‘time’

kurbekurbe

conj. ‘however’

kurpumkurpum

v. ‘point towards’

kurwekurwe

conj. ‘although’

kwankwan

adj. ‘long’

kwarkwar

adv. ‘already’

kwarkwar

adj. ‘old’

kyamkjam

v. ‘come’

kyarkjar

v. ‘believe’

kyonkjon

n. ‘pond’

kyorkjor

num. ‘three’

kyukju

v. ‘push’

-m--m-

DIR. ‘moving towards me’

mm

POSS. ‘2SG POSS’

mama

conj. ‘and’

mama

FOC. ‘focus marker’

mama

v. ‘moving here’

mama

DIR. ‘towards here, moving towards’

madamada

adv. ‘for what’

maimai

v. ‘ashamed of’

makmak

n. ‘star’

makbakmakbak

n. ‘spear’

makeimakei

n. ‘dog’

makekmmakekm

v. ‘wet’

makermaker

v. ‘become itchy’

mammam

1. v. ‘see’

2. v. ‘2SG see’

mamademamade

n. ‘aunt’

mambekanaekmambekanaek

n. ‘brothers’

mambrimambri

n. ‘hero’

mamimami

n. ‘father’

mamunmamun

n. ‘killing, fight’

mamunmunmamunmun

v. ‘fight repeatedly’

mamyamamja

n. ‘genitals’

mamyaimamjai

v. ‘ashamed’

manman

n. ‘bird’

mananwirmananwir

n. ‘chief’

mandemande

v. ‘fine’

mandermander

v. ‘longing for, 2SG be longing for’

mandiramandira

adv. ‘afternoon’

mandobinmandobin

n. ‘yesterday’

mandumekmandumek

v. ‘wet’

manggawokmaŋɡawok

n. ‘name of a type of bird’

manggenemmaŋɡenem

adv. ‘too much’

manggokormaŋɡokor

n. ‘chicken’

manggunmaŋɡun

adj. ‘good looking’

manggunmaŋɡun

n. ‘self’

manibobmanibob

n. ‘friend’

manjaumanjau

n. ‘outrigger float’

mansarmansar

n. ‘old man’

Manserenmanseren

n. ‘God’

mansrenmansren

n. ‘lord’

manswarmanswar

n. ‘cassowary’

manwenmanwen

n. ‘ghost’

marmar

v. ‘die’

marafrifmarafrif

n. ‘laughters’

maranmaran

n. ‘walking’

marandanmarandan

n. ‘trip’

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